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Also known as pulmonary artery catheter. Used to monitor pulmonary artery and pulmonary capillary wedge pressures.

The tip of the catheter should be no farther than the hilum; typically it is left in the RVOT, main PA, or branch PAs. If it migrates too distally, there is a chance it could perforate the small pulmonary artery branch.

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